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Corpses buried in red tape hinder free movement

Free movement of goods, services and people has its downside. Apparently, the number of EU citizens dying in a different member state from their own is at

European Voice

11/28/01, 5:00 PM CET

Updated 4/12/14, 7:23 AM CET

record levels.

The problem is that while the living can move unfettered by EU regulations, the same is not true when it comes to their corpses being repatriated. The European Federation of Funeral Services is now trying to lay matters to rest, as it were. Out should go consular red-tape and requirements that coffins should be made of zinc.

In, claims the federation’s vice-president Jean Neveu, should come common technical standards for coffins. But not everyone is happy with the proposals.

British Conservatives fear this is yet another area in which Brussels could interfere with the everyday lives and deaths of citizens.”This is a grave matter,” said MEP Timothy Kirkthorpe.